99-11764. Nantahala Power & Light Company; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 25318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11764]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project Nos. 2692-018, 2686-018, & 2698-016]


Nantahala Power & Light Company; Notice of Availability of 
Environmental Assessment

May 5, 1999.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission's) 
regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order 486, 52 FR 47897), the Commission's 
Office of Hydropower Licensing has reviewed the Nantahala & Tuckasegee 
Projects Settlement agreement (settlement agreement) setting minimum 
flows for the three above named projects. The settlement agreement was 
signed by the licensee. North Carolina Department of Environment and 
Natural Resources (DENR), United States Department of Agriculture, 
Forest Service (USFS), and the United States Department of Interior, 
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). The Nantahala Hydroelectric Project 
is located on the Nantahala River in the Counties of Macon and Clay, 
North Carolina. The West Fork Project is located on the West Fork of 
the Tuckasegee River in Jackson County, North Carolina. The East Fork 
Project is located on the East Fork of the Tuckasegee River in Jackson 
County, North Carolina. An Environmental Assessment (EA) was prepared, 
and the EA finds that approving the settlement agreement would not 
constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality 
of the human environment.
    The EA was written by staff in the Office of Hydropower Licensing, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Copies of the EA are available 
for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference 
Room, located in Room 2A, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426, 
or by calling [phone]. The EA may be viewed on the web at http//
www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm. Call [phone] for assistance.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-11764 Filed 5-10-99; 8:45 am]
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